Sales of hybrids and electric cars in July: very low for electric cars

The much-talked-about crisis is hitting the automotive sector hard, but within this sector some are hit harder than others. Perhaps electric vehicles are the worst affected, since if they were already hard to sell before, now selling even one is a rarity.

The data back up this claim, since according to ANFAC, only 52 electric vehicles were sold in Spain throughout the month of July, out of a total cumulative figure for 2012 of 196 electric cars. It is curious that, compared with the previous year, sales have risen, but of course, if we exclude those sold to companies and public bodies, or even companies that work for public bodies, the result is no longer so favourable or positive.

Things are going somewhat better for hybrids, with 878 units sold across Spain this July (15% fewer than the same month last year) and a cumulative total for 2012 of 4,283 hybrids across Spain (11% fewer than the same period of the previous year).

It will be possible to assess these sales much better at the end of the year, but if, at the halfway point of the year, hybrid sales have only fallen by around 11%, that is a good figure. Electric cars are a separate matter, and I fear that under current circumstances they will not take off in the short term.

Source | ANFAC